Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 6 July 2001 || Borgerhout, Belgium

Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-) Calendar

Food was often placed near MacSwiney to persuade him to give up the hunger-strike. Attempts at force-feeding MacSwiney were undertaken in the final days of his strike. On 20 October he fell into a coma. His body lay in St George's Cathedral where 30.000 people filed past it.
(25 October 1920)

Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar 1988

There are 3386 births, 3952 deaths, 1122 murders, 498 disasters and 2085 other events about 5739 people in 6452 places until today.

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The Eyes Have It

Friday 6th of July 2001
24 years, 7 months and 19 days ago

A piece of root given to me by a Buddhist monk over a year earlier suddenly sprouting a wonderful flower in Oudstrijdersstraat 35, Borgerhout, Antwerpen, Antwerpen, Belgium

Bleu, Bleu, l'Amour est Bleu